Extremadura’s Directorate General of Taxes approved the tax roll for gambling conducted through machines for the first quarter of 2026. The roll was announced on 16 January and will be open for public inspection and claims for ten days; publication serves as notification of the assessments to those listed.
Operators and other listed taxpayers have ten days to inspect the roll and submit claims.
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Cantabria’s parliament approved a fiscal and administrative measures law updating gambling taxes and administrative charges. Operators may temporarily deactivate up to 15% of their authorised machines each year, provided they maintain net staffing; the tax charge on inactive machines falls by 90% during the period, subject to the law’s conditions.
The Valencian tax agency reported that receipts from type B and C gaming machines fell 8.7% in the first three months of 2026 compared with the same period in 2025. Bingo tax receipts decreased 19.3% over the same comparison, according to the reported figures.
ADMIRAL Gaming Network warned that proposed measures in Italy’s 2027 budget could reduce revenue from AWP machines by 10% and VLT machines by 15% from 1 January 2027. The company also cited a proposed 25% increase in VLT concession charges and called on the government to discuss the measures; the budget provisions remain under consideration.
Italy’s 2027 Budget Bill would raise gaming-machine taxes, increase slot stakes and prizes, and extend land-based concessions through 2029, according to the bill as reported. From 1 January 2027, the PREU rates would rise to 25% for AWP machines and 9.6% for video lottery terminals; machines returning at least 70% of stakes would qualify for a 20% levy. The bill would also establish licensing for esports and LAN venues offering skill-based competitions without cash prizes.
A draft of the Social Market Foundation report behind calls to double Machine Games Duty surfaced online with internal staff comments. Director Theo Bertram asked what grounds authors had for confidence that workers losing jobs would find work elsewhere, and chief economist Gideon Salutin replied there was no guarantee for individuals. The row comes before Chancellor John Healey's Budget on 28 October.
The Social Market Foundation faces uncomfortable questions after a draft of its flagship report appeared online with senior staff's internal remarks still visible. Guido Fawkes, the Westminster gossip site founded by blogger Paul Staines, put the draft out on Tuesday and said it had gone up by accident with the comments attached. The timing is poor for the think tank: the Chancellor, John Healey, sets out his Budget on Wednesday 28 October, when an increase in MGD is broadly anticipated. iGB had received no reply from the SMF when the story was published.